The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-10

Cotton Seed oil Tr-. 5I1s.
The stock market to-day again duh and
nearly featurelcss- A variety of causes, IN
Guiding the bank statement, the anxiety still
remaining i'm regard to the effects of the Inter
Exchange officers, which occurred to-day, con-
tributed to this effect The fluctuations weFs,
unusually narrow even Tor a duil day, opera
lions, except IN a Few unlmpOrtant stocks III
ing confined To the efforts of room traders Ia
catch the small profits Offering at times Lon
don WAS a moderate. buyer early in the day.
but the margin for arbitrage operations i
very small, and the demand from that source
was insignificant The sensation of the day
was furnished 10y drop of something over ;
per cent. in Fort Worth and Denver, only a
small portion of which was recovered toward
the close. The break WAS caused by settle
ment with the shorts, and the pool in the
stock is believed to have disbanded Wheeling
the movements i'm two stocks had little no
effect upon the general market The reduc-
ton in Sterling Exchange rates was AN ele-
ment in favor of the latter.
The opening was steady this morning, first
! prices being either unchanged or only insig-
Y nfficant fractions different from Saturday :
final figures. There was "A moderate business
at the opening, but the market soon became
extremely dull, with activity only in Reading
and New England and the only movement of
importance was the weakness in Wheeling and
Lake Erie.
The general market was about steady until
noon, after which time il became firm, al
though affected somewhat by the drop in Fort
Worth which occurred at that time. There was
"A steady though light appreciation of values
toward the close which was dull b.It firm Tht.
business of the day amounted to I65,0D0 shares.
The majority of stocks small fractions
higher this evening, gains in no case exceed
ing =, per cent. but Fort Worth and Denver
is down ia. Wheeling and Lake Erie u, and
Rock Island II per cent
Cotton.
New YORK May s.-Green Co.'S report
on cotton futures says: Operations wert,
comparatively moderate, and confined mainly
To the old crop. At first there was effort IL.
the support WAS withdrawn and the market
sagged on some eight points from the highest.
with final rates at 4G5 points under Saturday
evening. and the tone slow"
Afternoon report -Cotton-Net receipts. @rI;
gross, 9s,. Futures closed barely steady; sales
q, SO; May. l0.+GI0 30: june 10 sla 10 81; July,
10 .Sfll0 -; August, 10 pa 10 -; September,
10 f1stl0 -; October. sJtty ~; November.
ssd9 -; December, s9lGt9s.; january, . sisf
ss.; February, 1s19&.
Cotton easier; sales J6; Tpantis, 10 I5-l6; Or
leans. lis net receipts, i,1is: exports "a
Great Britain, 3,.:l; 10 France, - :; To the Ton
tinent, i,teo; stock Ss2l6.
LIvERPooI- May =, p Cotton
May, 3 4S-64- buyer May ts-6t' buyer;
seller; August-September 5 1894, buyer; Sep
tember-october, . Ss-6+, seller; oet"ber- No
vember, 5 a9-6i. buyer; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2.-6i, seller; September. ; 41-64, buyer Flu
lures closed easy
General Markets.
CHICAGO, May 9 To-tiay's market n q
whole were the dullest for some time. The
l fluctuations for the entire morning session.
were between s,ftsirssc for June The volume
| of trading in the pit was rematkably light
I ed at s5lsc, July SIC, and August s.as- Al
l futures closed fraction under the opening
The decrease in the visible supply was Only
| 100 bushels. Corn opened quiet, and dur
| ing the morning trading was very slow, bul
| about noon the announcement of n decrease oi
| three million bushels in the visible supply
firned the market very prrccptibly. and prices
| advanced 14tL3sc, but before the close essed on
/ Isc. The trading in short ribs and lard wa
/ light and mainly of a sc;alping nature At tn,
| opening a weak feeln prevailed but toward,
\ the close "a better feeling set in and slight re-
/ action followed. The last sales at D. wer,
| at the same figures AZ Saturdays close
and unchanged. No. 2 spring Wheat, s,lsas;Sss
| No. red, ssslss4. No. Corn, 3sIsG5:ssas. No
short rib sides, loose, s. 40 Dry salted shout
boxed. sa.G5as5 whisky sI-iO, Leading flu
MheS5wNag nuns a. 3 ,a 5qy i,l. -
osMssS aSd JUNE 's s iar DUN f@[.
saas is SUN June sa Z; Jaic s. short RiT-N"S
| NEW YORK, May s.-Souihern Flour Guiet
Wheat Ia '4c lower but fairly active No.
Sgring, a51.; No. red; May, soas'lse' June
.sseT and s sptcui a sH NAY ~
@4s; June, +sStsls July; ~ g. iss'f oa l.,
No. no weaker: July s4ls- HOPS quiet,
/ Corfee-fair Rio firm at s5c; june, SIS hd Il y
sugar quiet but steady; refined quiet and an
steady Cotton Seed Oil. a.is.sg:si. crude; 3, !
GGssafor refined Resin dull AT sl-e.lxa %
Wnai n steady PORK frn and r fairly active
| mess SIS JgLI6 for old; 81. for new Sugar
| quiet and unchanged Beef dull Cut Meat
| steady. Middles dull and nominal Lard dul
! and sents lower western steam, SD
| June, sslSSt..lg. july. S.5ttt.-:.; city steam
$3.50. refined s..5.la. Freights nrm-cotton
/ Lied: wheat. I'd
| ST. LOUIS. May 9--Flour duh and unchang
| ed Wheat lower and ll-dIAsc below Satur
| day; No. red, cash, s+lsc. May, s+1sGs1; July
| sla. Corn dull and lower until late Whef
| three million bushels decrease in the vlslbls
| supply brought some trading, cash. bl2. May
| aSssc; July. So bid Oats duh and easy-cash
2slsf3sLs May, rs bid; July, s5ls bid Whisk,
| steady AT l-f6- Provisions very qulet-olc
| mess pork. $l4-.5Gl5; new, SO Lard - Coz
| 6..5. Dry Salt Meats. boxed shoulders
! S5.6.I-Gl5L.sl1; long clear and clear ND. SO
| short clear. Ss.5.ia Bacon-boxed shoulders
S5.s5G6-5; long clear and clear nib. ssrs- =
short clear, ss.3sGsss Hams quiet at Sll-%
Ola
| LONDON. May 9.-The Mark Lane Expires
| SAYS Values of English wheat are against tbs
/ buyers in the provincial markets There i
] scarcely any one offer, and an advance of Cd q
ing the week were aD.&<s quarters at 5-- ri
| against 6s0D quarters at 3ls~ sd during tbs
! corresponding period last year. The trade IN
I foreign wheat is steady and rather against the
/ buyers Corn Is in short supply and values ar
| stiffening. Two cargOes of wheat arrived ons
cargo was sold and one was withdrawn Al
to-day's zarket waeat WAS quiet and price
! were unchanged Flour Was frmer at an adj
! yanSe of 3 To pence On the week Corn wa
| scarce and pence desrer- Oats were 20
pence dearer-